Characters of An Inspector Calls Essay -- An Inspector Calls J.B. Prie

Characters of An tester CallsThe examiner arrives at the Birlings house in the evening, during afamily get-together to celebrate the engagement of their daughter toGerald Croft. The inspector questions every segment of the familyindividually, starting with Mr. Birling. Mr & Mrs Birling who do notlike the way the inspector is interrogating them, get angry with him,and accuse him of being rude. However Sheila, Mr & Mrs Birlingsdaughter, and Gerald are honest, and gutter face their mistakes. This isone of the reasons why I like Sheila and Gerald, and dislike Mr & MrsBirling.Sheila is a young and pretty girl, who is honest and likes it whenother people are truthful. We slam this because when the Inspectorshows her the photograph of Eva Smith, she says, You knew it was meall the time, didnt you? Here she admits straightaway that she had a composition to undertake in the death of Eva Smith. Unlike Mr & Mrs Birling whoput up excuses every time the Inspector catches them out. As I have verbalise before she also likes it when other people are sincere. We have intercoursethis because when the Inspector is questioning Gerald astir(predicate) his affairwith Eva Smith he asks him if he was in love with her. At first Geraldhesitates to come out with the truth merely when he gets persuaded bySheila to tell the truth he says, All right-I did for a time. Nearlyevery man would have done. Sheilas reply to that is Thats probablyabout the best thing youve said tonight. At least its honest.Sheila objects to her parents attempts to protect her from hellishtruths Im not a child, dont forget. Ive a right to know. At theend of the play she feels that, whilst for a time it had seemed asthough her parents had learnt something ... ..., because the girl was giving herself ridiculousairs and claiming expand fine feelings. Mrs. Birling tries touse her husbands social position to threaten the Inspector, she saysto him, You know of course that my husband was Lord Mayor only twolong t ime ago and that hes still a magistrate, the Inspector alreadyknows this and Mrs. Birling is woolly when this tactic fails. Whenthe Inspector has left, Mrs. Birling forcefully criticises the othersfor not standing squiffy against someone who is their social inferior.She argues that if she had been present when the Inspector firstarrived, she would have dealt with his cheek severely. It isdifficult to decide whether, at the end of the play, Mrs. Birling haslearned to birth in a compassionate or caring way in the future.Perhaps the Inspectors call has only served to harden her attitudes.